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thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water, like before dinner, helps keep me satisfied for hours. so instead of this much, i only need this much. and slimful tastso good... i don't even miss dessert. slimful and a glass of water... eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> google's executive chairman eric schmidt wraps up its controversial visit to north korea today. he complained the trip was ill-planned and not helpful. schmidt defended his actions after arriving in china. >> google's chief eric schmidt is certainly the highest profile businessman we've seen visit north korea since kim jong-un took over. mr. schmidt said he he went to north korea to talk about and push for a free and fair internet, a concept completely alien to pyongyang. >> their decision to be virtually isolated is very much going to affect their physical world and so forth. and it will make it harder for them to catch up economically. we made that alternative very, very clear. >> schmidt has shown the co
thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water, like before dinner, helps keep me satisfied for hours. so instead of this much, i only need this much. and slimful tastso good... i don't even miss dessert. slimful and a glass of water... eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> google's executive chairman eric schmidt wraps up its controversial visit to north korea today. he complained the trip was ill-planned and not helpful. schmidt defended his...
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thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water, like before dinner, helps keep me satisfied for hours. so instead of this much, i only need this much. and slimful tastso good... i don't even miss dessert. slimful and a glass of water... eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> let's get back to the breaking news we're following right now. the hostages, some of whom are americans being held in algeria. joining us on the phone, cnn contributor, tom fuentes. what do we know, tom, about this group that claimed responsibility for the taking of these hostages, including americans, the brigade of the masked ones. what do we know about them? >> wolf, at the moment, there isn't as much known about them as there is about some of the larger groups in the region, such as al qaeda in the land of the islamic, aqim. so much of the activity from these groups have been either directed directly at algerian government facilities military or businesses and it's really the groups in the area kind of
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thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water like before dinner, helps keep me satisfied for hours. so instead of this much, i only need this much. and slimful tastes so good... i don't even miss dessert. slimful and a glass of water... eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> aviation authorities from japan to india to ethiopia are joining the faa and are taking a dramatic step with the dreamliner aircraft. the move is so rare the faa hasn't done it in 30 years grounding the entire fleet of 787s. it's not even waiting for a safety review to be completed. we'll breakdown what all of this means for the dreamliner with miles o'brien who is standing by. but cnn's sandra endo reports, the issue comes down to one key component. batteries. >> reporter: wolf, safety concerns surroundingle 787 batteries canceled dreamliner flights around the world and disrupted travel plans for thousands of passengers and who knows how long boeing's plane of the future will remain out of the sky. groun
thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water like before dinner, helps keep me satisfied for hours. so instead of this much, i only need this much. and slimful tastes so good... i don't even miss dessert. slimful and a glass of water... eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> aviation authorities from japan to india to ethiopia are joining the faa and are taking a dramatic step with the dreamliner aircraft. the move is so rare the faa hasn't done...
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thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water, like before dinner, helps keep me satisfied for hours. so instead of this much, i only need this much. and slimful tastso good... i don't even miss dessert. slimful and a glass of water... eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> i was in egypt this past weekend and spoke exclusively with the new president of egypt, mohamed more sea. at one point i visited cairo's tahrir square. i had been there two years ago. at that time, everyone in the huge square seemed to be full of euphoria, the arab spring had just toppled hosni mubarak. however, now it's dismal, dirty, and depressing and i raised the issue with president morsi. >> i was at tahrir square and it was pretty quiet. >> yes, it is. but sometimes the media is exaggerating things. there's competition, also, with tourism in the world. this means it's to try to show as if security in egypt is wrecked, which is not correct. we don't have which is suffering. sometimes. not other times.
thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water, like before dinner, helps keep me satisfied for hours. so instead of this much, i only need this much. and slimful tastso good... i don't even miss dessert. slimful and a glass of water... eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> i was in egypt this past weekend and spoke exclusively with the new president of egypt, mohamed more sea. at one point i visited cairo's tahrir square. i had been there two...
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that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. but it's no secret... it's slimful. eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> a brutal it a on wall street. the dow posting its worst loss so far this year. let's bring in our chief business correspondent ali vels velshi. ali, what happened? >> something unexpected has happened. as you can see in the beginning, the dow was doing okay. we had a lot news from around the world. new bank of japan governor going to be named. we had some news out of china. we had this news that a particular candidate was winning the elections in italy. everything looked okay. there had been no developments on the forced budget cuts, if you will, so no particular reason. the market started to drift around. then suddenly, look at the acceleration around 3:30 to 4:00. you know from our history together, wolf, this wo
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that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. but it's no secret... it's slimful. eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> more than 179 million people are expected to watch sunday's super bowl showdown. so it's the most prime -- it's an excellent time for advertising. advertising real estate is critically important. lisa sylvester is joining us now. you've been taking a closer look at these ads that we'll see sunday, we'll be talking about monday. >> i want to first talk about some of the numbers. all right in $4 million for a 30-second ad. $8 million for an 8-minute ad. it comes down to how much impact these ads have and how much buzz. it's all about the big reveal. who is going to have the most talked about super bowl ads. zf and that milkaholic wasn't over? >> milk a what? >> but this year companies aren't even waiting for super bo
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thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water, like before dinner, helps keep me satisfied for hours. so instead of this much, i only need this much. and slimful tastso good... i don't even miss dessert. slimful and a glass of water... eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> the former new mexico governor bill richardson and the google chairman are now in north korea. a controversial trip is under way. our lisa sylvester is monitoring that and some of the other top stories in "the situation room" right now. >> we are just getting new video showing the two men inside the country. richardson commenting that they are on a private humanitarian visit and plan to ask about an american prisoner who is there. state department has openly objected to this visit. google, which is expanding its presence throughout asia, says it doesn't comment on, quote, personal travel. >>> a preliminary hearing for the alleged gunman in the colorado movie theater massacre is revealing gruesome new detail
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. >> reporter: still, feinstein is realistic about the slim chance that the assault weapons ban has to pass. >> the answer is, we don't know, it is so uphill. >> reporter: but pushing gun control is now a white house campaign-style effort. and vice president joe biden held a social media town hall, a google hangout to rally support. >> make your voices heard. this outfit, this town listens when people rise up and speak. >> reporter: the white house and feinstein know their biggest hurdle is convincing skeptical fellow democrats from gun-right states to support gun control. >> the message to democrat is see what your silence does? there will be more of these. >> reporter: talking to several of those conservative democrats here in the hallways, it is very clear there is not an appetite to push forward on this assault weapons ban. and that may be in part because of the opposition from the nra, which in fact released a statement about diane feinstein, saying it once again curtails the constitution, and they go on to say they will once again object to her wrong-headed approach. >> thank you
. >> reporter: still, feinstein is realistic about the slim chance that the assault weapons ban has to pass. >> the answer is, we don't know, it is so uphill. >> reporter: but pushing gun control is now a white house campaign-style effort. and vice president joe biden held a social media town hall, a google hangout to rally support. >> make your voices heard. this outfit, this town listens when people rise up and speak. >> reporter: the white house and feinstein...
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that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. but it's no secret... it's slimful. eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> one of america's best-known beermakers is fighting a lawsuit from some drinkers. >> they charge anheuser-busch is watering down its beer. cnn's brian todd has been looking into this. what's going on, brian? >> kate and wolf, they say anheuser-busch has been doing this for about four years on these labels and they say they've been told about all of this by some people who worked at the company. anheuser-busch is pushing back hard and it's got a lot at stake. the so-called king of beers and its affiliated brands. they're clearly the king of the beer market, famous for their entertaining ads. >> a sure sign of a good time. >> reporter: anheuser-busch, brewer of budweiser, mic loeb, and so many other beers, sells nearl
that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. but it's no secret... it's slimful. eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> one of america's best-known beermakers is fighting a lawsuit from some drinkers. >> they charge anheuser-busch is watering down its beer. cnn's brian todd has been looking into...
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thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water, like before dinner, helps keep me satisfied for hours. so instead of this much, i only need this much. and slimful tastso good... i don't even miss dessert. slimful and a glass of water... eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> the new jersey governor chris christie is back in the news this week focused in on recovery efforts from the superstorm sandy and his leadership in that crisis has revived talk about a possible 2016 presidential run. that's been a hot topic as christie makes the rounds of some of the television talk shows. >> my job is to be governor of new jersey and i think people have seen over time, whether it's working with the president, criticizing my own party, my job is to govern -- the fact of the matter is, everybody has to come to the table of wanting to come to an agreement, ultimately, and that's what we've been doing in new jersey for the past three years. >> we've lost elections two times in a row. we need t
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been entering into the job market at a time when jobs are tough to get and oftentimes benefits are slim, this is providing an enormous security until they get, you know, more firmly established in the labor market. we provided additional discounts for prescription drugs for seniors under the medicare program, so seniors have saved billions of dollars when it comes to their prescription drugs. so there have been over the last three years a whole array of consumer protections and savings for consumers that result directly from the law that we passed, and for those who say they want the repeal it, typically when you ask them about what about all these various benefits, they say that one's good and that one's pretty good and we'd keep that, and you pretty much go down the list, there's not too much people object to. you will recall also at the time that part of the way that we paid for the health care bill was we said medicare's wasting a lot of money without making seniors healthier, and there was a lot of hue and cry about how we were taking money out of medicare. well, it turns out that
been entering into the job market at a time when jobs are tough to get and oftentimes benefits are slim, this is providing an enormous security until they get, you know, more firmly established in the labor market. we provided additional discounts for prescription drugs for seniors under the medicare program, so seniors have saved billions of dollars when it comes to their prescription drugs. so there have been over the last three years a whole array of consumer protections and savings for...
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thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water, like before dinner, helps keep me satisfied for hours. so instead of this much, i only need this much. and slimful tastso good... i don't even miss dessert. slimful and a glass of water... eating less is a beautiful thing. out from the centers for disease control and prevention. the number of states reporting high levels of flu activity has fallen by five and the reporting widespread activity increased from 41 to 47. our chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta is joining us right now. what does this report tell us, if anything, about the remainder of the flu season? >> it's kind of what we expected, wolf. we're about sort of midway through what we expect this flu season to last. usually 10 weeks and we're about 6 weeks into it. you know, i could tell you when you look at these sort of statistics, it's just one point in time before you can really tell if things are truly dropping off. it takes a few weeks of data to really lo
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thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water, like before dinner, helps keep me satisfied for hours. so instead of this much, i only need this much. and slimful tastso good... i don't even miss dessert. slimful and a glass of water... eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> we know the identity of the 16-year-old accused opening fire at a high school in california last week. lisa sylvester's monitoring that and other top stories in "the situation room." >> the current county california d.a.'s office says he is 16-year-old brian oliver. the teen will be charged as an adult with two counts of attempted murder and two more of assault with a firearm. oliver accused of firing at two classmates, critically wounding one, missing the other. a teacher and another worker at taft high school in taft, california, are credited with talking oliver in surrendering. >>> an adviser to former vice presidential candidate palin is slamming a movie that depicted her performance in the '08 campaign
thank goodness for new slimful. one delicious, 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water, like before dinner, helps keep me satisfied for hours. so instead of this much, i only need this much. and slimful tastso good... i don't even miss dessert. slimful and a glass of water... eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> we know the identity of the 16-year-old accused opening fire at a high school in california last week. lisa sylvester's monitoring that and other top stories in "the...
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oncologist jeff biserka says cancer clinics are already operating at slim margins. what the 2% means is they'll be reimbursed at less than the market cost for drugs. >> for the drugs which are under water right now which tend to be the more expensive ones if you continue to administer them while you're losing money because the cost is so high practices won't stay in business. >> reporter: a survey by the community oncology alliance found 72% of cancer clinics will refuse to take on new medicare patients or ask existing patients to find treatment elsewhere. an independent study found the difference between treatment at a hospital and care at a clinic is $6500 annually. a group of cancer organizations has written letters to lawmakers to press the agency overseeing the medicare program to exempt cancer drugs and treatment from the 2% cuts. the centers for medicare and medicaid services won't comment on the issue. but thomas has lots to say. >> they make laws and we have to live by them. it's terrible. >> about 66% of chemotherapy patients receive treatment currently at
oncologist jeff biserka says cancer clinics are already operating at slim margins. what the 2% means is they'll be reimbursed at less than the market cost for drugs. >> for the drugs which are under water right now which tend to be the more expensive ones if you continue to administer them while you're losing money because the cost is so high practices won't stay in business. >> reporter: a survey by the community oncology alliance found 72% of cancer clinics will refuse to take on...
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that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. but it's no secret... it's slimful. eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> concern over horse meat-tainted food is exploding right now in europe. but right now here in the united states, animal rights activists are outraged over worse that u.s. officials may give the green light to horse meat processing at home. cnn's joe johnson reports. >> reporter: horse meat-tainted food caused an uproar in europe. it's not supposed to be sold for human consumption in the u.s. but thanks to congress and the federal department of agriculture, horse meat could soon be produced here for export. and the humane society says it could end up on the menu in america. >> there are certainly people who want us to eat horse meat and are trying to shove it down our throughoats literally. but if horse meat makes it
that's the time to take slimful. one tasty 90-calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. but it's no secret... it's slimful. eating less is a beautiful thing. >>> concern over horse meat-tainted food is exploding right now in europe. but right now here in the united states, animal rights activists are outraged over worse that u.s. officials...
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slim whitman died today in florida, he was 90 years old. jake? >> thanks, mary. >>> still ahead we're looking at the nsa leaker's relationship with china. is there a secret reason he's hiding out in hong kong? >>> plus a surprising new report on a controversial vaccine and its effectiveness in fighting a cancer-causing virus. dad. how did you get here? i don't know. [ speaking in russian ] look, look, look... you probably want to get away as much as we do. with priceline express deals, you can get a fabulous hotel without bidding. think of the rubles you'll save. with one touch, fun in the sun. i like fun. well, that went exactly i as planned.. really? humans. we are beautifully imperfect creatures living in an imperfect world. that's why liberty mutual insurance has your back, offering exclusive products like optional better car replacement, where if your car is totaled, we give you the money to buy one a model year newer. call... and ask an insurance expert about all our benefits today, like our 24/7 support and service, because at liberty mutu
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but chances for comprehensive immigration bill are slim. the senate passed its version in june. the house has failed to take it up, and in recent weeks, president obama has said he's open to individual bills. that's the republican approach. but this year at least, it doesn't seem there's enough time to get it done. jim? >> thanks very much, jill dougherty. >>> still ahead, high tensions at sea after the u.s. challenges china. we'll take you inside a dangerous dispute that's raising fears of a new conflict. >>> and did the u.s. miss an opportunity to win the release of an american held prisoner in iran? a family member joins us live to talk about his fate and plea for his freedom. >>> first cnn looks at ways you can impact your world. >> hi. i'm jeff bridges. we can make an impact on ending childhood hunger here in america. according to the usda, we currently have over 60 million children who are struggling with hunger. one in five of our kids. >> any of you kids see surf's up? i'm big z! >> we think one of the most important things we can do to end childhood hunger is to have un
but chances for comprehensive immigration bill are slim. the senate passed its version in june. the house has failed to take it up, and in recent weeks, president obama has said he's open to individual bills. that's the republican approach. but this year at least, it doesn't seem there's enough time to get it done. jim? >> thanks very much, jill dougherty. >>> still ahead, high tensions at sea after the u.s. challenges china. we'll take you inside a dangerous dispute that's...
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israel being involved in the current confrontation between the united states and syria are extremely slim. as aviv mentioned, yes, people are scared but with no reason that israel would be involved. however, in such a confrontation things might slip, might get out of hand if for example hezbollah in lebanon would initiate some sort of a retaliation against israel trying to align with syria, possibly with iran, israel with force to retaliate. but i do not see president assad take the chance and getting israel involved in this kind of war. >> the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu, saying this week if that were to happen, if israel were attacked, israel he says would respond ferociously to any such attack. all right, guys, thanks very much. avivfrenkel. >>> up next, every day the world talks about a strike on syria, the bashar al assad regime is preparing for it and possibly planning its response. plus, the man suspected of orchestrating some of the worst atrocities, we're digging deeper on bashar al assad's brother. you're watching a "the situation room" special report "crisis in
israel being involved in the current confrontation between the united states and syria are extremely slim. as aviv mentioned, yes, people are scared but with no reason that israel would be involved. however, in such a confrontation things might slip, might get out of hand if for example hezbollah in lebanon would initiate some sort of a retaliation against israel trying to align with syria, possibly with iran, israel with force to retaliate. but i do not see president assad take the chance and...
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. >> so the possibility of congress coming back from their recession are -- >> slim to none. you will hear grumbling after this phone call tonight. you can't necessarily blame the white house for that. they are spread out all over the country. you don't want to talk classified information over a normal phone line. chairman rogers will say just a few conversations does not meet the test of consultation. it looks at the moment -- could be wrong about this. it looks at the moments that there are a few more days involved and i suspect the quality will escalate. >> first the u.n. weapons inspectors won't be out thereof until this weekend. then he wants to go back to parliament for another vote and then the president heads to russia. >> cameron has his own political problems and president obama has his own problems from his own party and also from republicans. you see cameron take caring of his own domestic politics here. and it might have not been what the white house wanted or would prefer. i think we can assume it's not what they would have wanted but they have no choice. would
. >> so the possibility of congress coming back from their recession are -- >> slim to none. you will hear grumbling after this phone call tonight. you can't necessarily blame the white house for that. they are spread out all over the country. you don't want to talk classified information over a normal phone line. chairman rogers will say just a few conversations does not meet the test of consultation. it looks at the moment -- could be wrong about this. it looks at the moments that...
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of a republican to fill lautenberg's seat changes the balance of power, eating into the democrats' slim edge in the senate. lautenberg was a trusted vote for his party despite being in poor health last april, he showed up for a crucial vote. >> he came out of his had sisic in a wheelchair to vote on gun legislation. >> gun control advocates will miss him. >> for years he really stood up for common sense gun safety laws when many others in his party ran away from the issue. >> but there's more to lautenberg's political biography. he was perhaps best known for the law banning smoking on commercial airliners. but with the flags at half-staff across the capitol and the pow/mia flag, he was also remembered as the senate's last surviving veteran of world war ii. >> i think he fought harder for veterans of iraq and afghanistan because he had been there, in their shoes. >> law in new jersey gives christie a lot of power after lautenberg's death. not only does he get to name the temporary replacement, the governor has a big say in when an election will be held for the voters to fill that seat. c
of a republican to fill lautenberg's seat changes the balance of power, eating into the democrats' slim edge in the senate. lautenberg was a trusted vote for his party despite being in poor health last april, he showed up for a crucial vote. >> he came out of his had sisic in a wheelchair to vote on gun legislation. >> gun control advocates will miss him. >> for years he really stood up for common sense gun safety laws when many others in his party ran away from the issue....
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a slim document that supposedly met the democratic demand for a clean, continuing resolution, legislation to keep everything running, but there are several surprises hidden in the pages, which add up to billions, and what some would consider pork. first up, a dam in kentucky, a dam and lock project on the ohio river. that's more than triple what they were slated for, and supporters say it's wo are the it, otherwise the project would have to be canceled. money already spent would be wasted, but nonetheless more money being spent. certainly less controversial, is a section aimed at colorado. authorizing 450 million in spending to help rebuild roads, bridges and other things torn apart by the flood recently. a few more items. agencies that fight wildfires can count on an additional $636 million for next year. the agency that oversees the safety of mines will keep an additional $1 million in fees. a watchdog dplup looking for privacy issues will get just over $3 million more, and the widow of the late senator frank lawton burg will get a death benefit equal to a year of his salary. this is cu
a slim document that supposedly met the democratic demand for a clean, continuing resolution, legislation to keep everything running, but there are several surprises hidden in the pages, which add up to billions, and what some would consider pork. first up, a dam in kentucky, a dam and lock project on the ohio river. that's more than triple what they were slated for, and supporters say it's wo are the it, otherwise the project would have to be canceled. money already spent would be wasted, but...
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. >> very slim. you know, a lot of people said that and i'm just glad it was a rescue and not a recovery. >> smit says his instructor bought the plane days earlier and it was a model from the 1960s. the ntsb is investigating what happened. he says really it was a matter of minutes before that rescue could have turned into a recovery. wolf? >> they are both very, very lucky indeed. mary, thanks for that report. appreciate it very much. they are. >> so lucky. that instructor, what a hero in trying to get out of that plane. >> amazing. >> oh, my god. i have goosebumps thinking about how cold that water is. oh, my goodness. very, very lucky. >>> still ahead, here's a question for you. what do doughnuts and marriage proposals have in common? ponder that one. jeanne moos will have that next. ♪ good morning, turtle. ♪ my friends are all around me ♪ my friends, they do surround me ♪ ♪ i hope this never ends ♪ and we'll be the best of friends ♪ ♪ all set? all set. [ male announcer ] introducin
. >> very slim. you know, a lot of people said that and i'm just glad it was a rescue and not a recovery. >> smit says his instructor bought the plane days earlier and it was a model from the 1960s. the ntsb is investigating what happened. he says really it was a matter of minutes before that rescue could have turned into a recovery. wolf? >> they are both very, very lucky indeed. mary, thanks for that report. appreciate it very much. they are. >> so lucky. that...
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. >> reporter: still, feinstein is realistic about the slim chance this assault weapons ban has of passing. >> if anyone asked today, can you win this, the answer is, we don't know, it's so uphill. >> but pushing gun control is now a white house campaign style effort, and vice president joe biden held a social media town hall, a google hangout to rally support. >> make your voices heard. this outfit, this town listens when people rise up and speak. >> reporter: the white house and feinstein know their biggest hurdle is convincing skeptical fellow democrats from gun rights states to support gun control. >> the measure to democrats is see what your silence does? there will be more of these. >> reporter: and that is such an important point to underscore, wolf, that a big part of the problem for diane finestein and other sponsors is their fellow democrats. at least half a dozen, maybe more, have told us that they just don't see themselves supporting it, because of the opposition in their states, and from the nra. in fact, the nra released a statement today, saying feinstein is, quote, once aga
. >> reporter: still, feinstein is realistic about the slim chance this assault weapons ban has of passing. >> if anyone asked today, can you win this, the answer is, we don't know, it's so uphill. >> but pushing gun control is now a white house campaign style effort, and vice president joe biden held a social media town hall, a google hangout to rally support. >> make your voices heard. this outfit, this town listens when people rise up and speak. >> reporter: the...